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3688
A SILVER-INLAID ZITAN, IVORY AND WOOD
BRUSHREST
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the oval zitan stand inlaid in silver wire with squared
scrolls, inset with green-stained ivory carved in the form of
tumultuous waves cresting with foams from which a wood
carp leaps, the spurting fish half obscured by stylised cloud
scrolls
9.2 cm, 3⅝ in.
◉ HK$ 25,000-35,000
US$ 3,200-4,500

清十八世紀
木雕鯉躍龍門染色象牙雕紫檀筆擱

3689
A CARVED GOURD ‘DRAGON’ CRICKET CAGE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY
the globular body with a broad waisted neck and flaring
towards the thick ivory-bound rim, lightly incised and
carved to the exterior with a ferocious five-clawed dragon,
its sinuous body emerging from a dense ground of scrolling
clouds, the gourd patinated to a golden chestnut tone, the
reticulated ivory stand carved in openwork with flowering
prunus branches
11.8 cm, 4⅝ in.
◉ HK$ 10,000-15,000
US$ 1,300-1,950

清十八至十九世紀
官模子雲龍紋油壺魯葫蘆